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IAEA Probes Mad Mullahs - They Wink, Nod, Smile
2004-04-07
IAEA chief optimistic on Iran probe
By Gareth Smyth
Mohamed ElBaradei, secretary-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said yesterday that inspectors could "complete their work" in Iran before he reported back to the IAEA board in June.
Whew! I’ve been worried the Black Hats might impede his work and prevent him from completing it before the IAEA Board meeting in June.
"We still have important tasks ahead of this," he told reporters. "[But] I see no reason not to be optimistic."
And it’s good to know he sees no reason not to be optimistic [though], despite the important tasks ahead, uh, of this, um, something.
Mr ElBaradei said he and Iranian officials had agreed "an action plan with a timetable on how to move forward with the main outstanding issues".
"We will move forward with the outstanding issues now that we have an action plan, complete with timetable," a direct result of an agreement with some irrelevant Iranian Officials, he said.
I feel so relieved. No, really I do. Heh. Deep Stuff.
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#5  Mohamed ElBaradei is a useless figurehead. As an Egyptian citizen, he has yet to mention his own country's covert nuclear weapons program (as revealed by Libya).

In light of this finding, how are we supposed to take any action (or lack thereof) by him seriously when it comes to Iran? ElBaradei seems to echo the popular Middle East sentiment that all Arab countries are obliged to build atomic bombs as a counterbalance against Israel's possession of them.

The last time I checked, Israel had yet to declare its intention of annihilating any or all Arab countries. Iran and other Arab factions still openly proclaim their intent to seek Israel's obliteration. Permitting Arab countries to maintain nuclear arsenals will do absolutely nothing vis promoting peace and shall instead cause the most dangerous scenario since the Cold War's end.

Posted by: Zenster   2004-04-07 8:20:56 PM  

#4  Seems the good Mr.ElBaradei has led us down this road before.It is still a dead-end,someday we will have to get that bridge fixed.
Posted by: Raptor   2004-04-07 9:10:15 AM  

#3  So ElBaradei is a what, a nuclear engineer?

Oh, please! A garden slug comes closer to being a NucE than that guy does. Here's a short biography. As far as I can tell, the spineless bubblehead has NO experience in nuclear-anything, but lots of experience in groveling, shuffling and bending over.

Gah!
Posted by: Quana   2004-04-07 7:39:14 AM  

#2  In time we will learn the Ayatollah has been giving Elbaradei and Kofi Annan's idiot son OIL CONTRACTS and other valuables via the UN's little known OIL for NUKES program.
Posted by: Anonymous   2004-04-07 5:07:37 AM  

#1  Mohamed ElBaradei in UN terms seems to be quite a cracker jack when dealing with Iran. He and McGoo are UN peas in a pod. So ElBaradei is a what, a nuclear engineer? So's Jimmy Carter (sort of) but what does that do when dealing with the likes of Iran? Nuttin. He probably can't even drive a fucking car. Chine
Posted by: Chiner   2004-04-07 4:54:15 AM  

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